Chapter 3
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"Ohhh, it's working!" Sirius and James said spontaneously, and they stood up to get a better view, not bothering to hide it since everyone heard the girl scream.
It seems like Snape, being the first to eat the porridge, got the affects first, he had stood up, smiled rather scarily (which caused quite a lot of whimpers from the first years), and started kissing the girl on his left on the cheek, and of course being kissed by Severus Snape, even if you're a Slytherin, can be totally terrifying, which is why the scream was heard. Snape was immediately slapped by the girl, and she huffed away, no doubt to sink herself in the Prefect's bath for 5 months.
One by one, the Slytherins all changed, and they all somehow started acting like Hufflepuffs, they started laughing! Not laughing cruelly and coldly like the normally do, but really laughing, a hear-warming, boisterous laugh echoed in the Great Hall, and the remaining three houses all stood there, dumbstruck, even the teachers seems to be stunned and scared of their sanity. Slughorn, feeling the need to take care of his students, but he still seems slightly scared at the too-happy Slytherins, laughing at everything they see. This would be taken as normal behavior for Hufflepuffs, even some Gryffindors, but this certainly is not normal for Slytherins.
A murmur rose up in the Great Hall and laughter as well when Malfoy tripped over Slughorn, who is fainting slowly, came up, tied his hair into a ponytail, and laughed at everything he saw, the sight is slightly unnerving, if not funny.
"Alice, what do you think happened to them?" Lily whispered to her friend Alice, not taking her eyes off the Slytherins,
"I have no idea," Alice said slowly, "But it certainly would so us good, now that they seem...nice?"
Lily doesn't seem to be so happy about the change as other people, with concern etched on her face, she slowly walked towards the Slytherin table, Snape seeing her, sprinted towards her, took her hand, and dragged her outside to the empty lake. James and Sirius following close behind.
The James and Sirius crouched behind a bush, and watched silently as Snape pulled Lily in front of the lake by a tree, they stopped.
"Sev, what was that for?" Lily seems slightly cross, panting slightly from the run,
"Lily, I have something to tell you,"
"Can't it wait after breakfast?"
"I've waited long enough, I've waited for 5 years..."
Lily stopped muttering, and turned slightly to look at Snape in the eye,
"Lily, the moment I saw you, in that park, five years ago,"
"Sev..." Lily seems almost scared,
"Lily, I...I loved you for five years, and I still do,"
Lily stood there, dumbstruck, as Snape turned around, and ran away, as if afraid of Lily all of a sudden, and Lily slowly started walking back to the Hogwarts castle.
Sirius stood up and stifled a yawn, he started walking towards the castle, but after realizing that James is not following him, he turned back,
"Prongs? What's wrong?" For James still crouched there, his eyes wide behind his heavy glasses and his cheeks damp.
A/N - I realize I always manage to make a perfectly happy story sad...
Don't worry, it's not going to be Lily/Snape, or if you're expecting it, sorry.
I'll get the Marauders back to pranking in no time! James will get over this quickly... I hope?